Officers seize guns, drugs in 4/20 raids

April 20 is celebrated as a holiday in the marijuana subculture, the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office said. This year was the second in which law enforcement officers in Kansas and Missouri marked the day by serving search warrants and seizing marijuana.

The sheriff’s office said that during this year’s Operation Constant Gardener II, officers arrested 13 people, seized more than 40 live marijuana plants, more than a pound of processed marijuana and several grams of other drugs, including hashish and methamphetamine. Officers also seized more than $3,100 in cash, three guns, a stolen flatbed trailer, ATV and a stolen gun. In addition, in Johnson County more than $15,000 was assessed in drug tax stamp violations.

The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office, Shawnee Police Department, the Kansas Department of Revenue, the Missouri Highway Patrol, Raymore Police Department and Cass County Sheriff’s Office participated in the operation.

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